TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Tuesday  February 10, 2004.
 This is the 41st day of the year, there are 325 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1922 Harold E. Hughes                  36th Governor of Iowa
    In 1788 Robert Perkins Letcher            15th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1934 Kirk Fordice                       60th Governor of Mississippi
    In 1887 Charles Wayland Bryan              23rd & 26th Governor of Nebras
    In 1944 Frank Keating                      25th Governor of Oklahoma
    In 1766 Henry Smith                        19th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1789 William Channing Gibbs             25th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1818 Isham Green Harris                 18th Governor of Tennessee
    In 1854 James Ole Davidson                 21st Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1775 Charles Lamb, English critic, poet, essayist
    In 1890 Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist, "Dr. Zhivago" (Nobel 1958)
    In 1893 Jimmy Durante, comedian

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 6, Day 6
    4 Days - Valentine's Day
    35 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    40 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    55 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    61 Days - Easter
    89 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    89 Days - Mother's Day
    In 2004 9 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 359 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 744 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1101 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2032 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2043 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2054 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2065 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant in Auriga
    In 1720 Edmund Halley is appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
    In 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French & Indian War
    In 1870 City of Anaheim incorporated (first time).
    In 1879 First electric arc light used (in California Theater).
    In 1964  Australian destroyer 'Voyager' sunk in collision with aircraft
             carrier 'Melbourne' killing 82 of it's crew.
    In 1970  Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel
             killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths. (Val d'Isere, Franc
    In 1973  World's largest storage tank explodes during repair, crushing
             40 of 43 inside. Staten Island, New York.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1964 John Charles Vivian               29th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1883 Marshall Jewell            28th & 30th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1911 Hiram Americus Tuttle              46th Governor of New Hampshire
    Statistics are often used as a drunk uses a light pole:
    For support rather than illumination.

 And remember...
    ITS TUESDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2009!
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "Michigan" State Quarter Jan 26th!
    All U.S. Space Shuttles Grounded.
    Atlantis    U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in Sept\Octo 2004!
    Endeavour   U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in Nov. 2004!
    Feb 12 - Birthdate for   Pres. Abraham Lincoln      (US)
    Feb 14 - Statehood Day for Oregon
    Feb 14 - Statehood Day for Arizona
    Feb 22 - Birthdate for   Pres. George Washington    (US)
    Feb 23 - Death of President John Quincy Adams
    Mar 01 - Statehood Day for Ohio
    Mar 01 - Statehood Day for Nebraska
    Mar 03 - Statehood Day for Florida
    Mar 04 - Statehood Day for Vermont
    Mar 08 - Death of President Millard Fillmore
    Mar 08 - Death of President William H Taft
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